Anant Vijay Kala

Economics Reporter, The Wall Street Journal

Anant Vijay Kala writes about the Indian economy from the New Delhi bureau. His coverage areas include macro-economic indicators such as India's GDP, industrial output and inflation, as well as major economic policy decisions of the government.

Previously, Mr. Kala was in Mumbai where he covered the Reserve Bank of India, tracking monetary policy decisions and banking regulations. He also wrote about Indian fixed income and foreign exchange markets.

Mr. Kala graduated from the University of Delhi and has a master's in business administration from Management Development Institute, Gurgaon.

Articles by Anant Vijay Kala

India’s economic growth picked up speed last quarter, driven by stronger farm and construction output, but is expected to lose momentum in the coming months as a government crackdown on unaccounted wealth weighs on activity.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi this week is expected to announce a successor to Raghuram Rajan, the country’s departing central bank governor, according to two senior officials with knowledge of New Delhi’s plans.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi this week is expected to announce a successor to Raghuram Rajan, the country’s departing central bank governor, two senior officials with knowledge of New Delhi’s plans said.

In a speech usually used to outline the government’s achievements, the prime minister said that India had “cried” when children were killed in a Taliban attack on a school in the Pakistani city of Peshawar in 2014.

A new report by the U.S. State Department on the investment climate in India says Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has been slow to propose economic policy changes to match the “rhetoric” that followed his landslide electoral victory two years ago.

Over the last two years, in the period marked by Narendra Modi becoming Prime Minister, India has become more competitive and prosperous relative to the rest of the world, data from two recent surveys show.